New York City will work with several other local governments to revitalize areas around underdeveloped transit hubs, officials announced Thursday, according to an article by Joseph De Avila in today's edition of The Wall Street Journal.
"The plans include adding housing and commercial space along commuter rail lines to encourage more public transportation use and to curtail sprawl. The city will join Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties and four cities in Connecticut in the bi-state collaboration," the article said.
"Adding new housing next to transit stations will help meet the future demand for new homes," the article said, "while also cutting back on energy needs, said Robert D. Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association, which is coordinating the effort. 'If we can do this, we can do it in a way that reduces energy demand and reduces the need for families to have a second car,' he said."
The article said that the governments received a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop their plans, the first time since the Nixon administration that the federal government has allocated funds for regional planning, according to Mr. Yaro.
"The plans include adding housing and commercial space along commuter rail lines to encourage more public transportation use and to curtail sprawl. The city will join Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties and four cities in Connecticut in the bi-state collaboration," the article said.
"Adding new housing next to transit stations will help meet the future demand for new homes," the article said, "while also cutting back on energy needs, said Robert D. Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association, which is coordinating the effort. 'If we can do this, we can do it in a way that reduces energy demand and reduces the need for families to have a second car,' he said."
The article said that the governments received a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop their plans, the first time since the Nixon administration that the federal government has allocated funds for regional planning, according to Mr. Yaro.
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Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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